Swatara Township City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
General Provisions; Administration and Enforcement
Sections
- § 295-1 Title.
- § 295-2 Numbering of sections.
- § 295-3 Applicability.
- § 295-4 Purpose; community development objectives.
- § 295-5 Permits and certificates.
- § 295-6 Issuance of permits.
- § 295-7 Interpretation; uses not regulated.
- § 295-8 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 295-9 Fees.
- § 295-10 Amendments.
- § 295-11 Curative amendments.
- § 295-12 Zoning Officer.
- § 295-13 Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 295-14 Hearings and decisions.
- § 295-15 Appeals to court.
- § 295-16 Limited public utility exemptions.
- § 295-17 Township and municipal authority exemption.
- § 295-18 Special exceptions.
- § 295-19 Conditional uses.
- § 295-20 Liability.
ARTICLE III
District Regulations
Sections
- § 295-23 Designation of districts; purpose.
- § 295-24 Applicability.
- § 295-25 Zoning Map.
- § 295-26 District boundaries.
- § 295-27 Setbacks across municipal boundaries.
- § 295-28 Use regulations.
- § 295-29 Dimensional requirements.
- § 295-30 Wetlands and lakes.
- § 295-31 Septic systems.
- § 295-32 Steep slopes.
- § 295-33 Age-restricted residential development.
- § 295-34 Additional requirements for MU District.
- § 295-35 Open space development option.
- § 295-36 Development along streams and wetlands.
- § 295-37 Retirement village.
ARTICLE IV
Additional Requirements for Specific Uses
Sections
- § 295-38 Applicability.
- § 295-39 Principal uses.
- § 295-40 Adult use.
- § 295-41 Adult day-care center.
- § 295-42 (Reserved) [1]
- § 295-43 Airport.
- § 295-44 Animal cemetery (other than sanitary cremation of remains).
- § 295-45 Apartments.
- § 295-46 Assisted living facility/personal care center.
- § 295-47 Auto, boat or mobile/manufactured home sales.
- § 295-48 Auto repair garage.
- § 295-49 Auto service station.
- § 295-50 Bed-and-breakfast inn.
- § 295-51 Boardinghouse/rooming house.
- § 295-52 Campground, camp or recreational vehicle campground.
- § 295-53 Car wash.
- § 295-54 Cemetery.
- § 295-55 Wireless communications facilities.
- § 295-55.1 Regulation of small wireless facilities.
- § 295-56 Conversion of existing buildings.
- § 295-57 Child day-care center.
- § 295-57.1 Data centers.
- § 295-58 Emergency services station.
- § 295-59 Forestry.
- § 295-59.1 Funeral home.
- § 295-60 Golf course.
- § 295-61 Groundwater or springwater withdrawal.
- § 295-62 Group homes.
- § 295-63 Heliport.
- § 295-64 Hotel or motel.
- § 295-65 Junkyard; automobile salvage yard.
- § 295-66 Kennel.
- § 295-67 Raising of livestock and poultry.
- § 295-68 Massage establishment.
- § 295-69 Manufactured homes and manufactured home parks.
- § 295-69.1 Medical marijuana facilities.
- § 295-70 Membership club.
- § 295-71 Mineral extraction.
- § 295-72 Mobile/manufactured home.
- § 295-73 Mobile/manufactured home park.
- § 295-74 Motor vehicle race track.
- § 295-74.1 Nightclub or dance hall.
- § 295-75 Nursing home; assisted living facility; personal care home.
- § 295-76 Outdoor storage and display.
- § 295-77 Personal care home.
- § 295-78 Commercial picnic grove.
- § 295-79 Place of worship.
- § 295-80 Outdoor recreation.
- § 295-81 Recycling collection center.
- § 295-82 Residential conversions.
- § 295-83 Restaurant.
- § 295-84 School, public or private, primary or secondary.
- § 295-85 Self-storage development.
- § 295-85.1 Short-term rental, non-owner occupied.
- § 295-86 Solid waste transfer facility; solid waste landfill; solid-waste-to-energy facility.
- § 295-87 Stable, nonhousehold; riding academies.
- § 295-88 Swimming pool, nonhousehold.
- § 295-89 Target range.
- § 295-90 Timber harvesting.
- § 295-91 Townhouses and apartments.
- § 295-92 Treatment center.
- § 295-93 Trucking company terminal.
- § 295-94 Veterinarian office; animal hospital.
- § 295-95 Wind turbines.
- § 295-96 Accessory uses.
ARTICLE VII
Signs
Sections
- § 295-109 Purpose; permit required; changes to signs.
- § 295-110 Definitions.
- § 295-111 Signs not requiring permits.
- § 295-112 On-premises signs.
- § 295-113 Prohibited signs.
- § 295-114 Off-premises signs; billboards.
- § 295-115 Design, location and construction.
- § 295-116 Signs on vehicles.
- § 295-117 Abandoned or outdated signs.
- § 295-118 Measurement of sign area.
- § 295-119 Illumination of signs.
- § 295-120 Nonconforming signs.
ARTICLE VIII
Additional Regulations
Sections
- § 295-121 Street frontage; number of uses or buildings; minimum size of dwellings; maximum occupancy.
- § 295-122 Height exceptions.
- § 295-123 Lot and yard requirements; sight distance; buffer yards.
- § 295-124 Landscaping.
- § 295-125 Nonconformities.
- § 295-126 Screening of dumpsters.
- § 295-126.1 Firewood storage.
ARTICLE IX
AP Airport Overlay District Regulations
Sections
- § 295-127 Findings; purposes.
- § 295-128 Definitions.
- § 295-129 Applicability; conflicting provisions.
- § 295-130 Airport surface zones.
- § 295-131 Height limitations.
- § 295-132 Use restrictions; nonconforming uses.
- § 295-133 Permits and variances.
- § 295-134 Powers of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 295-135 Acquisition of rights.